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In Reply to: Great directors? posted by jbmcb on August 31, 2005 at 18:59:26:
Your points are well taken. And there are exceptions to every exception.Hitchcock's movies rarely had that "been there, done that" quality that you see so often in Scorcese's work, and Spielberg's, or that matter. Suspense was a vehicle for Hitchcock, not the objective. Foreign Correspondent, Psycho, The Birds, The Rope, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train, Rebecca all seem to me to be very different Films. Then again, I ain't seen'em all. And there certainly is a consistent return to the themes of foreign intrigue, expecially in his earlier, pre-Hollywood work.
Chaplin seems to me to have to be taken on his own terms, because he worked so early in the era of the modern film. His body of work is also enormous, also due probably to the era in which he worked. But again, I have to concede your point.
But on balance, I think you have to take a director's range into acount in consideration of his overall talent. Peckinpaw and DePalma are both very talented and very important directors. But I think in there cases, and I would argue in Scorcese's case as well, their lack of range would tend to diminish their reputation in the annals of film history. What say you?
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- Re: Great directors? - halfnote 20:02:10 08/31/05 (2)
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